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ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Previous studies have shown that bacterial lipid droplets can bind to and protect DNA through MLDS proteins. The purpose of this study is to explore the binding ability of T4 phage DNA to li…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Autoimmune diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, are characterized by symptoms of chronic tissue swelling and inflammation. It remains largely unknown wh…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
In many problems such as network routing, the length of a path is often less important than the bottleneck (minimum or maximum edge weight) of the path. In this study, I investigate the appl…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Current programs for teen vaping cessation focus primarily on educating teens about negative health impacts; however, the U.S. Surgeon General reported that such programs have not proven to…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
_ Bricks_ _ ecological: The effects of recycled plastic in constructing brick. Plastic plays a big factor in environmental degradation and causes major earth and ocean pollutions, in which p…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Currently, there is a growing demand for organ transplants and an inability to meet such demand. Policies put in place by the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, restrict the acceptan…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hawaii's energy costs are the highest in the nation. Hawaii is currently using solar and wind energy to try and combat these high prices. This project improves upon the current systems by re…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
When we were asked to come up with a science fair project, it wasn’t hard for me because I’ve always loved designing things. I chose to build different bridge types that were all the same le…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are defined as ocean surface craft that remove the operator from the platform. USVs are able to autonomously navigate the ocean for extended periods of time.…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The title of my project is called “Caffeine and Heart Rate: Using Daphnia Magna”. In this project, water fleas (Daphnia magna), a semi-transparent freshwater crustacean, are used to study th…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Evapotranspiration is a fundamental, but not widely understood, contributor to natural water cycles. This project incorporates a rigorous mathematical equation to help understand evapotransp…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
The existence of non-luminous mass, known as ‘dark matter’ (DM) poses one of the greatest problems in astrophysics. The proceeding correlational study investigates the existence of DM in S0…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
My goal is to determine if artificial intelligence can create art that is both original and comparable to human-created analogues. To determine this, I decided to use music as the artform, a…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cancer is something we hear in our everyday lives, it takes friends and loved ones and there seems like there is no help for them, especially when the treatment does not work. Through this p…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
In this experiment, I wanted to test if hydroponics would be able to speed up the normal growth rate of the 'ohi'a lehua comparing it to 'ohi'a plants grown in soil (control). Recently, ther…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Slosh is unwanted movement of fuel in a tank, and has caused many failed space missions. Slosh occurs during spacecraft launch and in microgravity during maneuvers. NASA and spacecraft devel…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gas streams is vital for industrial flue gas remediation, fuel gas refining, and chemical production. Existing liquid amine technology is hampered by…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
In our society today the adverse effects of climate change brought about by the release of green house gases such as carbon (IV) oxide are already being felt. Carbon (IV) oxide electro-reduc…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
Chagas is a South American disease induced by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. With 8 million patients every year, Chagas presents with mild symptoms in the acute stage, followed by heart fai…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Seventy-one percent of our world is made up of water, with five oceans, 117 million lakes, millions of miles of rivers, and so much more. Capturing all of this nonstop water movement happeni…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
We previously reported that Coiled-Coil Domain Containing 11 (CCDC11) is critical for the production of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) 293T cells, likel…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Approximately every 3 minutes one person in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Leukemia is the most common cancer in children and teens, accounting for more than 3,500 cases…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Neutrons constitute highly penetrating, neutral radiation particles with immense impact on a multitude of nuclear related disciplines. Monitoring for neutrons is of fundamental importance. T…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Although Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the fastest-growing leading cause of disability, 25% of patients are either misdiagnosed or diagnosed after severe neurodegeneration has already occurred…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Titanium and titanium alloys are used in modern medicine for making implants. For integration into bone and soft tissues, the surface of the implant has to be the most hydrophilic. If the im…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Iron oxide is especially promising as they show high heavy metal adsorption capacity. However, the high cost of iron oxide makes it difficult to be widely used in developing countries. There…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cell polarity is the intrinsic asymmetry present in almost all eukaryotic cells shown in the organization of various subcellular components. Proper polarity is critical to cell division, mig…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Epilepsy is a terrible disease characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures that negatively impact the day to day lives of affected patients. In addition to seizures, epilepsy patients al…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
The mid-infrared (mid-IR) range on the electromagnetic spectrum is a crucial band for numerous industrial applications of cameras ranging from biomedical sensing to free-space communication.…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Three dimensional (3D) printing technology has been generating over 14 billion USD in 2019 and is projected to grow to 35.6 billion USD by 2024. Leveraging high-resolution additive 3D manufa…